“Yes!” She bit my earlobe as she hissed it into my ear. I felt her explode around me as she said the word. I released as I devoured her lips.
We got dressed and went back into the meeting room and announced our engagement. I’d get her a ring when I had time to do it, when this war was over and we could all breathe again. Problem was I just didn’t know when that would be. There was no end in sight as far as I could see. As soon as the Blue Diablos had rides again, they’d be coming to retaliate.
I hoped Maxum would come too, so I could torture him until he begged for death.
Kara had told me what he had done to her all those years.
A week later, we held a celebration as we gave Kara her new kutte and made her a full-fledged member of the Midnight Saints. Kara wanted to get a new tattoo, but I had to ask her where. She had already covered every inch of her body. She simply had it added over another one that covered her chest. Over her heart, she had written Tony and the Midnight Saints Forever.
Months passed and soon Reagen gave birth to a baby boy they named Jules Rae, or JR for short.
“Kara, I wanted to ask you a big favor,” Reagen said when we went to visit her in the hospital.
“Anything.”
“Will you be my baby’s godmother?”
“Oh my gosh, are you serious? Hell fucking yes, I will. I mean, sure, I’d be honored.”
“I’m so glad you said that,” Reagen said.
“I’m so glad you asked. How are you doing? Do you need anything?”
“No. I’m good. For the first time in a long time, I truly feel safe and free and happy.”
My cell phone began to ring. “It’s Sophie!” I exclaimed
“What does she want?” Tony asked
“Sophie?” I asked when I answered the call.
“Okay, I’ll admit it, you’re right,” she said.
“Thanks, but right about what?” I asked.
“Maxum. He contacted me. He asked for money. When I told him I didn’t have any, he got really angry. Something is definitely off about him. I’m scared for him, and okay, yes, I admit it, I’m scared of him now. Will you help me? Please? I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to handle this.”
“Leave it to me, and the Midnight Saints.”
“No, because I don’t want you to hurt him. He needs help, Kara. He is still our father and we should do whatever we can to help him. I just don’t know how.”
“He has to want help, and he doesn’t. He’s too dangerous, Sophie. Watch your back. He may decide to come after you now.”
“I’m not scared. I’m safe. I went to stay at a friend’s house. He doesn’t know this friend, and I’m not in town, so he can’t find me. Please figure something out and help me help him. You’re his flesh and blood.”
“Like that ever mattered,” I mumbled to myself. To her, I said, “Okay, I’ll help you help him.”
“What was that about?” Tony asked.
“Maxum tried to get money from Sophie. It scared her when he got angry after she refused him, and now she’s scared and believes that something is wrong. Of course, she wants to help him and has asked me to help her. Tony, please deal with this however you can. I don’t want to help him. He doesn’t deserve help. He deserves to be screwed over and left in a ditch.”
“How does Sophie plan to help him?”
“I don’t know. She didn’t know. She wants me to figure it out. Honestly, I just want him out of our lives, forever.”
“Me too.” He put his arm around me and kissed me. “Me too.”
“Do you think he can be helped?” Reagen asked.
“No, I think he’s a lost cause,” Tony said. I had to agree. He belonged in prison after the shit he pulled. But he’d be fucking lucky to make it there now.
The Midnight Saints were catching up to the fucker. And I would have the last laugh.
